DISPATCH · Nº 0349
Hemp-THC, six months after the November window — where Good Feels stands
Late April 2026, half a year past the regulatory window that everyone in the hemp-THC beverage corner spent the back half of 2025 racing toward. Some of the predicted closures happened, some didn't, several states moved in different directions, and the operators who survived are quieter and more selective. A check-in from a single small operator's view of where the arc actually went — and what the next twelve months look like from El Segundo.
Six months is a useful interval for a check-in on a regulatory arc. The November 2025 window — the date everyone in the hemp-THC beverage space had circled because of the federal Farm Bill renewal cycle and the parall…